Multiservice-Based Traffic Scheduling for 5G Access Traffic Steering, Switching and Splitting

As a key enabler of the access traffic steering, switching and splitting (ATSSS) feature, multipath transport can leverage the simultaneous use of several network paths and support seamless failover to improve both communication throughput and resilience. Therefore, a traffic scheduling strategy is...

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Main Authors: Xinran Ba, Libiao Jin, Zengrui Li, Jianhe Du, Sidong Li
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/9/3285
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author Xinran Ba
Libiao Jin
Zengrui Li
Jianhe Du
Sidong Li
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Libiao Jin
Zengrui Li
Jianhe Du
Sidong Li
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description As a key enabler of the access traffic steering, switching and splitting (ATSSS) feature, multipath transport can leverage the simultaneous use of several network paths and support seamless failover to improve both communication throughput and resilience. Therefore, a traffic scheduling strategy is necessary to determine the best network path combination that may improve the performance of multipath transport. To address this need, we developed a multiservice-type based transmission (MSTT) traffic scheduling optimization strategy, which involves three steps. First, the user equipment (UE) selects the number of data stream transmission paths, considering the service utility function, and either transmits all data streams via the 3GPP network or sends two streams, one via the 3GPP network and the other via the non-3GPP network. Second, the proposed method is used to select the transmission path for each data stream based on load balancing. Finally, an algorithm for optimizing traffic scheduling is formulated by applying the convex optimization problem to maximize the effective network capacity under a Delay Quality of Service (DQoS) constraint. The proposed traffic scheduling strategy is validated through simulation experiments. The results indicate that user satisfaction and effective capacity realized are always better than when using the always-best-connected and fixed-ratio power-allocation algorithms.
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spelling doaj.art-1a91a4359fba4029be28bbadb8ee99432023-11-23T09:16:11ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202022-04-01229328510.3390/s22093285Multiservice-Based Traffic Scheduling for 5G Access Traffic Steering, Switching and SplittingXinran Ba0Libiao Jin1Zengrui Li2Jianhe Du3Sidong Li4State Key Laboratory of Media Convergence and Communication, School of Information and Communication Engineering, Communication University of China, Beijing 100024, ChinaSchool of Information and Communication Engineering, Communication University of China, Beijing 100024, ChinaSchool of Information and Communication Engineering, Communication University of China, Beijing 100024, ChinaSchool of Information and Communication Engineering, Communication University of China, Beijing 100024, ChinaDatang Mobile Communication Equipment Co., Ltd., Beijing 100083, ChinaAs a key enabler of the access traffic steering, switching and splitting (ATSSS) feature, multipath transport can leverage the simultaneous use of several network paths and support seamless failover to improve both communication throughput and resilience. Therefore, a traffic scheduling strategy is necessary to determine the best network path combination that may improve the performance of multipath transport. To address this need, we developed a multiservice-type based transmission (MSTT) traffic scheduling optimization strategy, which involves three steps. First, the user equipment (UE) selects the number of data stream transmission paths, considering the service utility function, and either transmits all data streams via the 3GPP network or sends two streams, one via the 3GPP network and the other via the non-3GPP network. Second, the proposed method is used to select the transmission path for each data stream based on load balancing. Finally, an algorithm for optimizing traffic scheduling is formulated by applying the convex optimization problem to maximize the effective network capacity under a Delay Quality of Service (DQoS) constraint. The proposed traffic scheduling strategy is validated through simulation experiments. The results indicate that user satisfaction and effective capacity realized are always better than when using the always-best-connected and fixed-ratio power-allocation algorithms.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/9/3285ATSSSmultipath transportmultiserviceeffective network capacity
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Libiao Jin
Zengrui Li
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Sidong Li
Multiservice-Based Traffic Scheduling for 5G Access Traffic Steering, Switching and Splitting
Sensors
ATSSS
multipath transport
multiservice
effective network capacity
title Multiservice-Based Traffic Scheduling for 5G Access Traffic Steering, Switching and Splitting
title_full Multiservice-Based Traffic Scheduling for 5G Access Traffic Steering, Switching and Splitting
title_fullStr Multiservice-Based Traffic Scheduling for 5G Access Traffic Steering, Switching and Splitting
title_full_unstemmed Multiservice-Based Traffic Scheduling for 5G Access Traffic Steering, Switching and Splitting
title_short Multiservice-Based Traffic Scheduling for 5G Access Traffic Steering, Switching and Splitting
title_sort multiservice based traffic scheduling for 5g access traffic steering switching and splitting
topic ATSSS
multipath transport
multiservice
effective network capacity
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/9/3285
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